MD
Dr. Sidney K. Simon Distinguished Professor of Oncology Research
UNC-Chapel Hill
Area of Interest
Clinically, I am interested in the treatment of lung and breast cancers, as well as in methods to understand (and prevent) radiation-associated normal tissue injury. I am also very interested in patient safety, and am passionate about the application of industrial engineering principles to our clinical practices in order to make our processes more reliable, safe. I am active locally and nationally in efforts to address these issues.
Awards and Honors
- “America’s Top Doctors” by Castle Connolly, 2019
- Honorary Membership, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), 2018
- Buschke Lecture, University of California San Francisco, 2018
- RSNA (Radiologic Society of North America) Annual Oration in Radiation Oncology, 2014
- Massachusetts General Hospital Distinguished Alumni Award, 2014
- Invited lecturer nationally at MD Anderson Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Yale, among others.
- Invited lecturer internationally in Vienna, Austria; Tel Aviv, Israel; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Shanghai, China; and Manila, Philippines, among others.
- Awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Lance Armstrong Foundation to study radiation induced heart and lung injury.
News and Stories
Consortium addresses health risks associated with radiation therapy for childhood cancers
UNC Lineberger members were part of an international research consortium focused on reducing health risks associated with radiation therapy for childhood cancers.
Review outlines approaches to effectively deliver radiation therapy to tumors while sparing healthy tissue
Lawrence Marks, MD, and colleagues published a comprehensive review highlighting the optimal ways that focused, high-dose radiation can be delivered to various types of tumors while sparing normal tissue and mitigating long-term side effects.